Antimicrobial ointments containing neomycin, polymyxin B and bacitracin have been used since the 1950s as a prescription product to prevent superficial wound infections and have been made ...

Postpartum perineal infection is most often associated with ... are commonly treated with expectant management and perineal wound care, such as frequent sitz baths and meticulous attention to ...

Oil-based substances, such as petroleum jelly, appear to disrupt this important process, and might increase the risk of wound infection, they say in the Journal of Clinical Investigation.

and The University of Manchester has been awarded more than £1.74 million to develop a new type of wound dressing which could prevent wound infection and help improve healing. Professor Jason Wong, ...

Heart infections, blood and bone infections and ... a life-threatening medical emergency. Proper wound care is essential to ensuring cellulitis does not spread or become a recurrence.

Future wound care will feature regenerative medicine, smart dressings with sensors, and nanotechnology-infused bandages for ...

And surgical wounds in developing countries are about ... Taylor] found a much simpler solution that could drive down the infection rate. She used beets to develop color-changing sutures that ...

(Dan Milburn/Submitted) Once she was finally transferred, Milburn went under the knife for another infection, but due to the long delay in stitching up the wound, she said she was told her leg ...

A Manitoba woman had her right leg amputated after complications following a knee replacement surgery two months earlier.

Cotton gauze is one of the most common wound dressings; it's inexpensive, readily available, comfortable and biocompatible.

People with diabetes who were taking GLP-1 receptor agonist drugs such as tirzepatide and semaglutide had significantly lower rates of hospital readmission, wound re-opening and hematoma after surgery ...